Li Shuchun's words made Han Fuyu couldn't help but be surprised, he finally knew where he was worried for no reason, but this Pang Bingxun was also unwilling to retreat west, and promised to vote for Jiang with him, why did he suddenly regret it? Fortunately, this cripple didn't report him to Feng Yuxiang in advance, otherwise he would probably be dead now. It seems that this lame man has become aware of this in the past two days.

However, Han Fuyu now has no time to think about what caused Pang Bingxun to change his mind, and now the most important thing for him and his troops is how to solve this crisis that is enough to lead to the annihilation of his more than 30,000 people.

In order not to panic his subordinates and calm their emotions, Han Fuyu pretended to laugh and scolded lightly: "I said why didn't this cripple call us back, it turned out that he was going to take credit for Han Fuyu's head." He didn't want to think about it, just because he was a miscellaneous card in the Northwest Army, he also wanted to eat swan meat, and he thought that I had a good time in the position of provincial chairman. Just his 10,000 people, he just wants to stroke my Han Fuyu's tiger beard! I don't care about how many catties and taels of fat he has on his lame body. I'm either going to cripple his good leg this time, or I'm going to cheapen him. ”

Han Fuyu's relaxed demeanor really eased the tension in the room, and the morale was also high, Li Hanzhang said fiercely: "Commander-in-chief, let my 85th Brigade take the lead, I not only want to break his leg for the commander-in-chief, I also have to unload him." ”

Wan Guozhen also contended and said: "Commander-in-chief, I am the vanguard of the whole army, you can leave this task to me." ”

Several other brigade commanders also asked for battle, all vying to fight Pang Bingxun.

Li Shuchun looked at the few brigade commanders who were blushing and thick-necked, and couldn't help but secretly admire Han Fuyu in his heart. Han Fuyu is the backbone of this army, this army can have no people, but it can't be without Han Fuyu, if Sun Tongxuan or Cao Fulin is leading this army now, at this time, there are interceptions in front and chasing soldiers in the back, I'm afraid there are already people thinking about how to surrender anyway. Only Han Fuyu, the commander who led them to dare to fight evil battles and tough battles, and won many battles, could give them confidence.

However, although Li Shuchun admires Han Fuyu's good morale, he is the chief of staff, and since Han Fuyu has mobilized his morale, he should come to remind everyone.

Li Shuchun said: "Commander-in-chief, Pang Bingxun's division has only two brigades, less than 10,000 people. Their weapons are also inferior in the Northwest Army, and if he wants to eat us, he will never be able to do it, but if he wants to stop us, with the dangerous terrain of Heishi Pass, he still has that ability. We also need to be cautious! After speaking, he glanced at Sun Tongxuan again. The two of them had already discussed privately just now, and they both thought that they would not be able to pass the Black Stone Pass, and they had to make a detour to the east through the Eling Pass.

Sun Tongxuan pointed to the map and said: "What the chief of staff said is that the terrain of Heishi Pass is dangerous, and if it is attacked hard, it will take a long time, not to mention, the losses of the troops will definitely not be small." We can take a detour to the east from Elingkou in the north, although the road is farther, but it is relatively safe. Since Pang Bingxun dared to intercept us with his troops of less than 10,000 men, it means that he must have something to rely on, and I guess he must have known that there were pursuers behind him, and even that the pursuers were probably about to arrive, otherwise he would not have taken the risk to stop us. If we are blocked in front of the Blackstone Pass, we will be in danger as soon as the pursuers behind arrive! ”

Heishi Pass is located on the east bank of Luoshui, 3 kilometers southwest of Gong County, and is named after the fact that there is a black stone mountain in the south. It confronts the post ridge on the west bank of the river like a door, Luoshui flows through it, an iron bridge spans it, the Longhai railway passes here, and sets up a station in Kansai, making it the throat of water and land transportation. Gong County is because there is Heishi Pass in the west, Tiger Prison Pass in the east, Song Mountain in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and there are dangerous places on all sides, so Gong County is also named because of the meaning of consolidating and stabilizing.

Han Fuyu is the chairman of Henan Province, this is his jurisdiction, he is a soldier, and he has always paid attention to the terrain of Henan, especially Heishi Pass, where the Northwest Army had a vicious battle with Wu Peifu's troops, and Han Fuyu is naturally very clear about this place.

The terrain of Heishi Pass is dangerous, it is definitely a good place to fight and block, if you want to break through Pang Bingxun's blockade, it is absolutely impossible to take it without paying a heavy price. If you really have to wait until the pursuers arrive and are flanked from front to back, it is not just as simple as the danger that Sun Tongxuan said, if you don't get him, Han Fuyu will die here. Thinking of this, Han Fuyu not only secretly took a breath of cool air.

Han Fuyu asked Li Shuchun: "Have you contacted Wenge?" ”

Li Shuchun replied with a wry smile: "I have already sent him three telegrams from Shaanzhou to Luoyang, all of which are telegrams from Tao Ronghui, deputy chief of staff of the Fourth Route Army, all of them are in one sentence, that is, to tell us, 'Their commander-in-chief led the troops from Zhengzhou last night, that is, to meet us at Heishi Pass, and he does not know exactly where he has arrived now, it should be on the march, and the radio cannot be contacted. Finally, the telegram said, 'He has sent someone to contact him.' ”

Among these people, Sun Tongxuan and other people from the 20th Division knew that Han Fuyu and Song Zhewu had a good relationship, and they didn't say anything after listening to Li Shuchun's words. But Cao Fulin didn't know, he frowned and said, "Commander-in-chief, is this Song Zhewu reliable?" I think we'd better go to the Eeling Pass. ”

Although it is safer to walk through the Eling Pass, it is not without a little risk, his troops are all infantry, and once they are caught up by the pursuers, the possibility of the troops being scattered is very great. Moreover, if you go to the Eling Pass, then the large amount of food and materials collected by Han Fuyu in Shaanzhou and Luoyang will inevitably be discarded, which makes Han Fuyu very reluctant.

Separated from Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, Han Fuyu will be able to live at home on his own from now on, he has no family background now, and this family business still needs him to accumulate step by step from now on, bit by bit. If he detoured to the Eling Pass, he would have to march on foot, and it was impossible for the soldiers to run away with these supplies on their backs, so they had to be abandoned. These materials are worth hundreds of thousands of oceans, and Chiang Kai-shek gave him 5 million, but there are many places to spend money! The 5 million, he wants to use to buy weapons.

The best way is for Song Zhewu to come to Heishi Pass to meet him, although the terrain in the west of Heishi Pass is steep, but the slope in the east is very gentle, if Song Zhewu attacks Pang Bingxun from the east, he attacks from the west, and attacks Pang Bingxun on both sides, so Pang Bingxun's troops are limited, and he will not be able to support it.

However, Cao Fulin's words also made Han Fuyu feel a little worried, would Song Zhewu definitely accept him? Han Fuyu is not absolutely sure, in the past ten years, he has seen a lot of deceitful things between brothers, friends, and colleagues. In case this Song Zhewu had a mind to reap the benefits of a fisherman, his reputation as Han Fuyu I would be completely planted in this Black Stone Pass. Although these materials and food should not be thought about anymore, the possibility of keeping the troops is still very large, as long as there are people, he Han Fuyu will not fall, Chiang Kai-shek will have to borrow him Han Fuyu, and he Han Fuyu will have a chance to turn over. If there is an accident in front of the Black Stone Pass, it will really fulfill the sentence that people die for money.

Han Fuyu stared at the map for a while, knowing that at this time, the most taboo thing as a coach was to be indecisive and hesitant, and he had to make up his mind quickly. was about to give an order, and at a glance he saw Li Wentian sitting in the corner with a relaxed expression. Li Wentian is so relaxed because even if the pursuers come up, they will not treat him well; If he rushed through the Black Stone Pass, he could just throw himself into Song Zhewu's arms.

Han Fuyu frowned, turned his head dissatisfied, but suddenly his heart moved, yesterday he called Song Zhewu, in addition to asking Song Zhewu to take him east, he also told Song Zhewu about Li Wentian by the way. Song Zhewu replied with two telegrams, the second of which was dedicated to Li Wentian, and it can be seen from the telegram that Song Zhewu was very happy about Li Wentian's arrival. With this Li Wentian here, he Song Zhewu will not fail to answer him.

Thinking of this, Han Fuyu swallowed back the order to go to the mouth of the goose ridge pass.

Han Fuyu's face turned pale, and he ordered: "I have decided that the whole army will go to Heishi Pass, break through the defense line of Pang Bingxun's temporary 14th Division, and march east to Kaifeng. Li Hanzhang, you led the 85th Brigade to advance lightly and quickly, and after going around to Heishi Pass, you attacked Pang Bingxun with the Guanxi troops and captured Heishi Pass; The 60th Brigade Wan Guozhen, your unit is still the vanguard of the whole army, set off immediately, set up an attack position in front of the Black Stone Pass, and prepare for the attack. ”

Li Hanzhang and Wan Guozhen received the order and immediately went out to organize the troops.

"Division Commander Sun Tongxuan, you led Xu Guilin's 59th Brigade as the rear guard of the whole army, blocking the pursuing soldiers in the Yan Division, whether that person led the troops to chase after him, he would beat me hard. Before the Black Stone Pass is taken down, no step back is allowed, and those who violate the order will be killed! Han Fuyu ordered viciously.

Han Fuyu stared at Sun Tongxuan and instructed: "Yin Ting, the surnames of our more than 30,000 brothers will be handed over to you!" ”

Sun Tongxuan replied loudly: "Commander-in-chief, rest assured, unless I, Sun Tongxuan, die in battle, I will never let a chasing soldier pass through the Yan Division." ”

Han Fuyu then ordered: "Commander Cao of the 29th Division, give you an hour, you lead the troops directly under the 29th Division and Qiao Lizhi Brigade, immediately organize vehicles, load all the food and materials that can be taken away and prepare for departure, if you can't take it, let the people take away the grain, and burn all the other materials that can't be taken away; Commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 58th Brigade Xie Hui, you immediately organized all the military and political personnel of the Northwest Army captured by us into a team, which was under the care of your brigade and marched east to Kaifeng with the troops. ”

After hesitating for a moment, he said helplessly: "The people in the Guanghan Palace, if no one is willing to follow us, let them all go." ”

After thinking about it, Han Fuyu still said a little unwillingly: "Tell them that in the future, if any of them wants to come here with me Han Fuyu, I Han is welcome." ”

The reason why Han Fuyu arranged this way was because he still firmly believed that Song Zhewu would not disobey Chiang Kai-shek's orders, and based on his observation, Song Zhewu was now trying his best to please Chiang Kai-shek. As for Song Zhewu wanting to reap the benefits of fishermen, what is this benefit? What kind of interests would make Song Zhewu tempted, even blatantly contrary to Chiang Kai-shek's will? The only benefit that Han Fuyu could imagine was that he was captured and killed by Feng Yuxiang, leaving the position of chairman of Henan Province vacant. However, if Song Zhewu really sat back and watched him Han Fuyu being captured by Feng Yuxiang and ruining Chiang Kai-shek's good deeds, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely be very dissatisfied with Song Zhewu, and the position of chairman of Henan Province would never be handed over to Song Zhewu, and even Song Zhewu would be cleaned up next. You must know that he Han Fuyu is now an example set by dividing the chairman of the committee and bribing the Northwest Army, and Chiang Kai-shek will not only not see him Han Fuyu being surrounded and annihilated, but will also fight hard with anyone who fights his idea, even those who are not well guarded, like protecting the national treasure.

Moreover, Han Fuyu could also see that Song Zhewu really wanted to have a good relationship with him, and it seemed that he also had the idea of supporting and helping each other in the future.

Although Han Fuyu thought that Song Zhewu would definitely come to meet him, he didn't put all the treasures on him Song Zhewu alone, such a desperate approach was not his Han Fuyu's style. He sent Li Hanzhang's brigade to detour to the Elingkou and attack Heishiguan from behind, which was a measure to prevent Song Zhewu from coming to meet him. It's just that the time is a little late, and Li Hanzhang will go around to Heishi Pass, and it will be midnight tonight at the earliest, and I don't know if his troops can withstand the blows of the pursuers.

When Han Fuyu led the large army to arrive at Heishi Pass, Wan Guozhen, who arrived first, had already arranged the starting position for the attack. Han Fuyu and Li Shuchun led the guards to the front line, and they wanted to boost the morale of Wan Guozhen and his troops.

Seeing that the deputy commander of the 60th Brigade was organizing the offensive troops, Han Fuyu and Li Shuchun observed the position of Pang Bingxun's 14th Division at Heishiguan.

Although the Black Stone Pass is not very high, the slope is very steep, the trees on the mountain are dense and lush, and there is no figure to be seen at all, if it were not for the corpses of several soldiers of the 60th Brigade by the iron bridge, you would not even be able to see that there are ambushes here. Although the Luoshui flowing from the foot of the mountain is not very wide, the current is very fast, and it is possible to wade through it, but the casualties will be very large.

Han Fuyu was observing Heishi Pass at the bottom of the mountain, and Pang Bingxun was also observing Han Fuyu's troops from the mountain.

Pang Bingxun was also reluctant to go to Shaanxi in his heart, and wanted to hide in Gongxian to see the situation first, but Han Fuyu had already vaguely revealed to him that he wanted to vote for Chiang Kai-shek, and Pang Bingxun only vaguely coped with it. However, Han Fuyu explicitly invited him to surrender Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army this time, and Pang Bingxun could not help but think about it seriously.

Throwing himself to Chiang Kai-shek, Pang Bingxun thought it was not impossible, but he was unwilling to vote for Chiang Kai-shek like this now, he felt that it would be okay if he could directly contact Chiang Kai-shek, so that if he followed Han Fuyu to vote for Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek would not attach much importance to him. While he was discussing with Wang Shouwu what to do, Xu Weilie, the chief of the Military Justice Division of the Northwest Army, ran from Luoyang to Gongxian.

Xu Weilie is Feng Yuxiang's cronies, originally he ran out of Luoyang, and it was safest to run west in the direction of Shaanzhou. However, Xu Weilie ran eastward, he wanted to find Pang Bingxun to intercept Han Fuyu.

Pang Bingxun, who was unable to make up his mind, immediately made up his mind when he saw Xu Weilie, he wanted to intercept Han Fuyu, not only Xu Weilie persuaded Pang Bingxun not to follow Han Fuyu, but also promised that as long as Han Fuyu was stopped, the equipment and personnel of Han Fuyu's troops would belong to him Pang Bingxun, and even prepared a telegram in front of Pang Bingxun and asked Pang Bingxun's radio to send it to the Second Army Headquarters in Huayin.

Originally, Pang Bingxun had to wait for Feng Yuxiang to call back and agree, and then he would decide whether to intercept Han Fuyu. However, Chief of Staff Wang Shouwu persuaded him: "If you want to intercept Han Fuyu, don't wait for Feng Yuxiang to call back, otherwise you will be killed in the future." Because Feng Yuxiang will think that we only value Han Fuyu's personnel and materials, and do not really care about the Northwest Army. If you want to steal Chiang Kai-shek, you must arrest Xu Weilie immediately. ”

Pang Bingxun made up his mind at this time, and immediately arranged troops to go to Heishi Pass to block Han Fuyu.

Pang Bingxun has been on the position on the mountain, and as soon as Han Fuyu arrived at the front line, Pang Bingxun saw it in the telescope. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he judged from the group of guards who followed Han Fuyu and the others that it must be Han Fuyu who was coming. This made Pang Bingxun very excited, if Han Fuyu was killed, the remaining troops would be leaderless, and it would be much easier to incorporate some troops.

At the moment, an urgent order was given to transfer five 60mm mortars from the artillery battalion. Originally, Pang Bingxun still had two 75mm mountain guns, but those two mountain guns were placed at the foot of the mountain, and they were going to deal with Han Fuyu's ironclad train there. The Northwest Army had two ironclad trains in Luoyang, and Xu Weilie knew that this was destined to fall into the hands of Han Fuyu. He asked Pang Bingxun to blow up the iron bridge, but Pang Bingxun felt that it was completely unnecessary. The terrain of Heishi Pass is dangerous, and Han Fuyu will definitely not be able to rush over without ten days and eight days. Besides, Shi Jingting had already called back, telling him that Sun Liangcheng had already led his troops to chase him, and the cavalry troops at the head of the line would be able to reach Heishi Pass today, where would Han Fuyu still have so much time.

Besides, he also had to withdraw to Tongguan and blow up the iron bridge, and the materials he collected and scraped in the headquarters could not be transported. So it's just that after the Heishi Pass, the Longhai Railway piles stones and wood on the railway at the bend at the foot of the mountain, and if the ironclad train rushes over, it will become a target at the foot of the mountain.

Han Fuyu was discussing with Li Shuchun and Wan Guozhen whether to let the ironclad train rush across the iron bridge to investigate. Suddenly, a scream came, and after many years of military career, Han Fuyu, Li Shuchun, and Wan Guozhen reacted extremely quickly, and the three of them were lying down to cover up, while shouting to the people around them to cover up. As soon as the three of them fell to the ground, several violent explosions sounded behind them.

As soon as the explosion fell, Li Shuchun pulled Han Fuyu up, and while the smoke had not dissipated, he hurriedly hid behind a high post. From the hiding place, you can see that there were more than a dozen dead and injured people in the explosion just now, all of whom were members of Han Fuyu's pistol team.

Han Fuyu spat out a mouthful of dirt that had entered his mouth, and ordered with a hideous face: "Order the artillery regiment to enter the position immediately, bombard Heishi Pass, and kill Pang Cripple." ”

(To be continued)